Talk:Louisa May Alcott

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1 Boston link
2 mercury poisoning
3 Dangerous for little minds?
4 Clean up!
5 Bibliography and dates
6 Should this page be protected?
7 Civil War Volunteer work
8 Really needs work
9 Fair use rationale for Image:Louisa-may-alcott-200x292.jpg
10 Fair use rationale for Image:Imageekdo.jpg
11 Fair use rationale for Image:Joji.jpg
12 Nationality: New England...?
13 Married?
14 Lupus

[edit] Boston link

The Boston link could do with updating to point to the appropriate Boston article, but I'm not sure which it is. --John 23:29, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

i replaced Image:louisa_may_alcott_stamp.JPG with a new image. If someone would like to place the stamp image somewhere else in the article, please do. Kingturtle 00:01 22 May 2003 (UTC)

[edit] mercury poisoning

Alcott wrote through the rest of her life, finally succumbing to the aftereffects of mercury poisoning contracted during her Civil War service

This could benefit from some more explanation -- what was she doing during the war to contract mercury poisoning? Something to do with the treatment of syphilis perhaps? Flapdragon 7 July 2005 16:23 (UTC)

Alcott actually contracted Typhoid fever while serving as a nurse in the civil war. She had continuing ill health for the rest of her life. Jgood898 17:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dangerous for little minds?

The article says: 'and were later referred to as "dangerous for little minds" in Alcott's own novel Little Women' I have found no such a reference in the book (searching in the electronic text by "dangerous" or "minds").May be the sentence comes from another book?--Bradomín 12:58, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clean up!

This page needs to be cleaned up-- I don't have time now, but I'll check later if need be. Diimmortales 22:18, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bibliography and dates

I've cleaned up the bibliography - put it in chronological order, bracketed the dates, separated those she published under another name - I double checked everything on the web and yes before I'd realised it, I'd changed some of the dates. As far as I can find from my research, for some books there is no definitive date as it seems to skip between years depending on which reference source you use. So by all means change them back but I'm not sure what the point is. I also removed the direct links to the text of the books as these are covered in the external links section - where most of the books can be found online.

I've also added a general clean up tag to highlight the page to other editors Madmedea 20:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey i think this article is really factual about Louisa May Alcott's life.

[edit] Should this page be protected?

There is so much vandalism on this page. Can it be protected so that only registered editors can edit it? — scribbling woman 15:57, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I just requested semi-protection. Maybe we'll have a break from the silliness! — scribbling woman 19:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Civil War Volunteer work

I know that L.M.A. Volunteered in the civil war, but this article states nothing about what she did! (I was looking for that for an assignment.) Could someone please find out and pop in a section, possibly titled "War Times" or similar. Much Appreciated, Vikedal 15:41, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Really needs work

Louisa May Alcott was (and is) a major American novelist and deserves better than this article. Thanks are certainly due to the people who did some cleanup on the facutal side, but a far more comprehensive biography and critical assessment of her work are needed. Grammar, syntax, and style need a complete overhaul. Alcott was a consummate writer whose command of the language puts this article to shame. No film version has ever done justice to Alcott's work; let's see if we can do better in print.

Litlady 22:42, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Louisa-may-alcott-200x292.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Imageekdo.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Joji.jpg

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[edit] Nationality: New England...?

Why does it say that New England is one of her nationalities? I don't recall New England ever being a nation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.78.10.47 (talk) 20:20, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Married?

Question from an anon user: was she ever married?

[edit] Lupus

The Wikipedia article on lupus says Alcott had the disease - it should be mentioned here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.97.18.101 (talk) 20:28, 15 April 2008 (UTC)